• Northwestern and Saint Xavier to meet for just the second time ever on Saturday, both meetings happening in the FCS.
• NWC is coming off their fifth-straight FCS win with a 7-0 win over Dordt.
• The Red Raiders win streak is up to 25-straight games.
• Northwestern is one of TWO unbeaten NAIA schools heading into the Quarterfinals of the FCS (Grand View).
• NWC leads the GPAC in total touchdowns (61), which sits EIGHTH in the NAIA.
• Michael Storey set the new program-record for career receptions (283 & counting…).
• Northwestern sits 21-7 in the month of November under head coach Matt McCarty.
• The Red Raiders took a weekly honor from the league office in nine of the 11 weeks this season.
• NWC is 22-0 with Jalyn Gramstad as the starting quarterback.
• NWC leads the GPAC in total yards per game (437.3), passing yards per completion (13.7), passing yards per attempt (9.5), and sits tied for the lead rushing yards per carry (5.6) being the most explosive offense in the GPAC.
• The Raiders scored 61 touchdowns this season: 32 rushing, 28 passing, and one defensive (pick-six).
• Northwestern was ranked No. 1 all season long, holding the unanimous top spot the entire regular season.
• Konner McQuillan continues to lead the conference in rushing touchdowns (17) and is second in the conference in rushing yards per game (90.8).
• Michael Storey now sits solely atop the GPAC in receiving touchdowns (13).
• There's a three-way tie for the team lead in sacks (5.0) in Jessen Reinking, Adam Gubbels, and Trystin Voss.
• Northwestern has pitched two shutouts this year: at Mount Marty (42-0), vs. Dordt (FCS) (7-0).
• Since 2020 when the deep playoff runs began for Northwestern, NWC is one of eight NAIA programs to make the NAIA Football Championship Series (FCS) (see p. 5 of notes for full list of teams).

𝙂𝘼𝙈𝙀 𝙒𝙀𝙀𝙆 ‼️

𝙉𝘼𝙄𝘼 (@NAIA) 𝙌𝙐𝘼𝙍𝙏𝙀𝙍𝙁𝙄𝙉𝘼𝙇𝙎
🆚: (13) Saint Xavier (Ill.)
🏟: De Valois Stadium
⏰: 1:00 PM#RaidersStandOut | #ChooseExcellence | @NAIAFBALL pic.twitter.com/UAUhNW8Tfg

— Northwestern College Football (@nwc_fb) November 28, 2023

• For the first time since the 1996 season, back when the conference was the NIAC, the Northwestern College football team are the outright conference champions!
• It marks the first outright GPAC title in program history – tied for the title in 2000 and 2014.
• It's the first GPAC title for head coach Matt McCarty, to go along with his 2022 NAIA National Championship.
• The Red Raiders will be presented their championship trophy and banner following the game on Saturday.

• Northwestern has gotten off to fast starts this season, outscoring opponents 89-20 in the first quarter this season.
• Only Concordia (Neb.), Midland, and Morningside, and Jamestown have scored on the Red Raider defense in the first quarter.
• NWC has held six opponents (Drake, Doane, Mount Marty, Hastings, Briar Cliff, Dordt (x2), Dakota Wesleyan) scoreless in the first 15 minutes of play.

• With the win against Dakota Wesleyan, quarterback Jalyn Gramstad…
  • Moves up to eighth all-time in career passing yards (5,521).
  • He's just the 10^th Red Raider quarterback to notch 5,000 career passing yards.
  • Moves into sole possession eighth all-time in passing TDs (53).
  • Remains tied for 10^th all-time in career rushing TDs (30).
• Konner McQuillan has moved into fifth all-time in program history in career rushing yards (3,356).
  • He also sits tied for fourth in program history for career rushing scores (46).
• Michael Storey passed C. Moser for second all-time in career receiving yards (4,367).
  • He passed Solberg for the program's all-time leader in career receptions in the FCS win over Dordt.
  • Entering the FCS, he's on the hunt to pass Solberg for the program's all-time receiving yards mark, needing 409 yards to break the record.
  • He remains on the hunt for chasing down Moser and S. Solberg for career TD receptions (47 & 49, respectively), sitting with 42.
• He's just the third Red Raider to have 40 or more receiving touchdowns in their career.

• Converted cornerback turned safety, Cody Moser has made the transition this season look effortless this season.
• His nine interceptions continues to lead the NAIA.
• His two interceptions against Hastings was his first-career multi-interception game.
• He recorded his second multi-interception game (2) against Dakota Wesleyan last week (Nov. 4).
• He had a streak of four-straight games with a pick this season.
• In his Red Raider career, he's recorded 11 interceptions.
• He now needs just five picks to crack the top-10 all-time list in Red Raider football history.

• Northwestern downed NCAA FCS Drake back on September 9, 27-24, in overtime.
• After starting the season with three-straight losses, the Bulldogs ran the table in the Pioneer Football League (PFL) with an 8-0 record to receiver the league's automatic bid to the NCAA FCS Playoffs.

• The forecast calls for highs to just hit into the 40s with a high of 41 on Saturday (as of Tuesday afternoon).
• Conditions are expected to be partly cloudy with minimal chances of precipitation on the afternoon.
• Wins will be from the south between 10 and 15mph.

• Saint Xavier won the lone meeting between the two teams back in the First Round of the NAIA FCS in 2019, 25-20 in Orange City.
• McCarty sits 0-1 against the Cougars and looks to even the series against them this weekend.